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SCCM’s Annual Congress: Improving Patient Care
Stay abreast of new developments, obtain needed tools to help advance your knowledge and further your practice of critical care at the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s 36th Critical Care Congress. Regardless of your profession or role in the critical care team, the Congress will offer you a well-rounded perspective on the latest diagnosis and treatment...
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Preparing for Disaster
Author Jean-Louis Vincent Head, Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital Free University of Brussels, Belgium As critical care specialists, we are accustomed to combating life-threatening illness and injury on a daily basis. Our staff must be vigilant and must be prepared to respond rapidly to any deterioration...
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Tertiary Intensive Care to Victims Repatriated to Europe After the 2004 Tsunami disaster
Author Marc Maegele, M.D. Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery Intensive Care Unit of the Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery (Director: Prof. Dr. Bertil Bouillon, M.D.) Cologne-Merheim Medical Center (CMMC) University of Witten/Herdecke E-Mail: [email protected] Individuals...
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The Evolving Role of Critical Care Medicine in Disaster Medical Response
Author J. Christopher Farmer, M.D. Professor of Medicine and Consultant in Critical Care Medicine Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN 507-255-3275 [email protected] Overview We have traditionally focused on the pre-hospital care setting as the primary building block of our disaster medical response...
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Tight Glycemic Control During Critical Illness: Overcoming the Obstacles
Author Stanley A. Nasraway, Jr., MD, FCCM Director Surgical Intense Care Units Professor Surgical Medicine and Anesthesia Department of Surgery, Tufts-New England Medical Center Washington St., Boston, MA 02111 [email protected] Salient literature is reviewed describing the benefits...
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Benefits of a Separate Airway Emergency Response Team
Authors Brian L. Smith, RCP, R.R.T. Administrative/Clinical Director, Respiratory Care Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine [email protected] Sherif Afifi, MD, FCCM, FCCP Chief, Division of Critical Care...
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Institution Series: European Court of Auditors
Author Ilze Raath Editor European Affairs The European Court of Auditors (the Court) is the external audit institution of the European Union (EU) and acts as its “financial conscience”. Founded in 1977 in Luxembourg, the Court is independent from other EU institutions. Its task is to keep track of EU funds, making sure that...
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An Overview of the Healthcare System in Portugal
Author Ana Luisa Jardim, MD ICU – H. Capuchos, Lisbon, Portugal [email protected] www.icu-management.org Healthcare is on every country’s political agenda, especially because of the need to find solutions to the continuing increase in cost while meeting the challenge, felt by every healthcare...
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Sepsis and Organ Failure in Portugal
Author Isabel Miranda, MD. Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Polivalente (UCIP) Hospital de St. António dos Capuchos Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa (Zona Central) Lisbon, Portugal [email protected] Sepsis, defined as the host response to an infectious process, is one of the most frequent diagnoses...
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Intensive Care Medicine in Portugal
Author Rui Moreno MD, PhD Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Polivalente (UCIP) Hospital de St. António dos Capuchos Centro Hospitalar d Lisboa (Zona Central) Lisbon, Portugal [email protected] The first intensive care units (ICUs) in Portugal were created in the late 1950s in Coimbra (Rui...
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